Stonnington Area

Stonnington is part of the metropolitan area of Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria. Stonnington City covers 25.6 square kilometres and includes the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, Toorak, Armadale, Kooyong, Glen Iris, Malvern and Malvern East. Stonnington is best known for its world-class shopping districts like Chapel Street and Toorak Road, and for its parks and well-kept homes.

In keeping with the cosmopolitan city of Melbourne, 27% of Stonnington's 93,145 residents were born overseas, with the top 5 languages spoken at home (other than English) being Greek, Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, and Russian.

The population of Stonnington is also fairly upwardly mobile, with 55.7% of the working population employed as Professionals or Managers, compared to the state's average of 35.1%. This also leads to Stonnington's high wages, with the weekly average household income in Stonnington being $1,346, higher than the state's average of $1,079.